No-gi BJJ tournament walkout shirts are the team apparel your competitors wear into the venue, around the bullpen, and on the way back to the hotel. They are not training shirts, they are event apparel. Each major event your academy attends becomes an opportunity to stock a small walkout run that builds team identity and creates a piece students keep as a tournament memento.
Walkout shirts serve three functions:
Most walkout shirts follow a recognizable structure:
The back design is what people see across the venue. Make the academy name large enough to read at twenty feet. The event name and date below it gives the shirt a sense of place that adds to the keepsake value.
For the front, keep it simple. A single-color academy logo on the left chest works for most teams. Save the detail for the back.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.The garment shortlist for walkout shirts:
Most teams stick with the cotton tee for walkout. The hoodie is the upgrade option for marquee events that warrant a higher-priced keepsake.
Walkout shirt orders ship in about a week. For event day, target a shirt order placed 14 to 21 days before the event. This gives buffer for any reprint situation and ensures every competitor has their shirt in hand before travel.
For the academy that attends multiple events per year, run a small launch each time. A team of 8 to 15 competitors attending six events per year is 50 to 90 walkout shirt sales per year, often at $30 retail each. That is $1,500 to $2,700 in additional shop revenue from walkout shirts alone, on top of the standing academy gear.
The order can be placed by the head coach as a bulk order on behalf of the team, or each competitor can buy their own shirt direct from the academy shop. Many academies run a hybrid: the coach orders the team's competitor shirts in bulk for free distribution and lists the same design as a public product for friends, family, and other students who want to buy one as a supporter piece.
Event name on the back, academy logo on the front, competitor list on the lower back. Single-event run, no minimum, ships in about a week.
Start FreeAny quantity from 1 to several hundred. There is no minimum and no maximum. A team of 8 competitors orders 8 shirts. A team of 50 competitors orders 50 shirts. Both ship in about a week.
Yes. Lists of names print cleanly on the back of the shirt. For events where the competitor list firms up close to event date, plan the order placement to leave room for the final list.
No. The walkout shirt program runs on screen-printed and DTF tees and hoodies. For full-sublimation walkout kits or jerseys, work with a sublimation kit supplier alongside your Bear Grips Pro Shops academy store.
Yes. Most academies list the walkout design as a public product in their shop so friends, family, and supporters can buy one to wear at the venue or as a keepsake. This adds 20 to 40% to walkout-related revenue.
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